Jan 21 (Reuters) - Rifaat al-Assad, the brother of the late Syrian President Hafez al-Assad known by critics as the "butcher ...

The brother and uncle of Syrian tyrants, he commanded a unit that killed up to 40,000 civilians in a 1982 uprising against ...

The ‘Butcher of Hama’ and former Syrian vice president dies in exile at age 89.

The US interest has long lied in a unified Syria.

The US has rolled back a series of restrictive economic sanctions put in place during the rule of Bashar al-Assad. Syrians ...

THE notorious uncle of ousted Syrian despot Assad, dubbed the “Butcher of Hama” has died. Rifaat al-Assad, the brother of the ...

Rifaat al-Assad lived in exile in Europe for nearly 40 years and only returned to Syria in 2021 to avoid being arrested in France on charges of embezzlement.

ERBIL (Kurdistan24) — Rifaat al-Assad, the uncle of deposed Syrian president Bashar al-Assad and a central figure in one of the most violent episodes of modern Syrian history, has died at the age of ...

Rifaat al-Assad, exiled uncle of former Syrian ruler Bashar al-Assad, has died aged 88 in the UAE, according to media reports. According to Reuters, Assad - the brother of the late Syrian President ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A photo released by the official Syrian Arab news agency (SANA) on 16 February shows then Syrian President Bashar al-Assad ...

Syrian authorities have asked Lebanese security forces to hand over more than 200 senior officers who fled to Lebanon after ...

Known for his role in the 1982 Hama massacre, the late member of Syria’s former ruling family oversaw the killing of tens of ...